File:French - Head of an Old Testament King - Walters 2721 - Three Quarter.jpg
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Head of an Old Testament King |
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English: Sculptural innovation of the Gothic period can be seen in this head of an Old Testament monarch, carved for the carved for the abbey church of Saint-Denis, outside Paris. The head, from a pier (column) figure on the building's west façade, represents the transition between the abstraction and solidity characteristic of the eleventh and earlier twelfth centuries (often called the "Romanesque" period), and the increased interest in naturalism seen from the later twelfth century through the end of the medieval period. Although this example is by no means a realistic representation of the human figure, the sculptor has incorporated elements based on the observation of nature, such as the softly rounded contours of the face and the wavy curls of hair. This interest in naturalism continued to develop through the later Middle Ages and the early modern period.
When this sculpture was in situ, the feet of the full-length figure would have been at about the height of a viewer's head, and the monarch would have stared down at the viewer, his crown, robe and eyes brightly painted and adorned with inset glass and metal. The heads of the jamb figures were removed from the portal in the late eighteenth century, just before the royal burial church became a target of vandalism during the French Revolution. |
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Date |
circa 1140 date QS:P571,+1140-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (Middle Agesera QS:P2348,Q12554 ) |
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Medium |
limestone medium QS:P186,Q23757 |
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Dimensions |
height: 36.5 cm (14.3 in); width: 23 cm (9 in); depth: 22.3 cm (8.7 in) dimensions QS:P2048,36.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,23U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,22.3U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
27.21 |
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Place of creation | Abbey Church of Saint-Denis in Saint-Denis, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Exhibition history | The Royal Abbey of St. Denis at the Time of Abbot Suger (1125-1151). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 1981. Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998-2001. Vive la France! French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1999-2000. Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 2006-2007. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters, 1911 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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